Presentation in instructional technology. distance education

Distance Education or Distance Learning

JONNALYN M. SANCHEZMAED in Educational Management

a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom.

It has been described as "a process to create and provide access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance, or both

often associated with Public, educational, and government access such as with the term PEG channel and carried by Cable television in the United States, generally within city limits.

Open Universities

are universities that have a less formal structure than traditional universities. They are also known for open-door entry policies, where no particular academic qualifications are needed for entry into degree granting or other academic enrichment programs.

attract and are ideal for students who are older or who wish to achieve advanced degrees while continuing their careers. They are ideal for continuing education that is either desired or required to advance within a profession or specialty.

Programs offered by open universities include distance or online learning, correspondence courses, a combination of on-site lectures and distance learning, as well as degree programs which grant credit for life experience including work experience.

History and Developme

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Distance education dates to at least as early as 1728, when "an advertisement in the Boston Gazette...[named] 'Caleb Phillips, Teacher of the new method of Short Hand" was seeking students for lessons to be sent weekly.

Modern distance education initially relied on the development of postal service in the 19th century and has been practised at least since Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in Great Britain via correspondence in the 1840s.

The University of London claims to be the first university to offer distance learning degrees, establishing its External Programme in 1858.

In the United States William Rainey Harper, first president of the University of Chicago developed the concept of extended education, whereby the research university had satellite colleges of education in the wider community, and in 1892 he also encouraged the concept of correspondence school courses to further promote education, an idea that was put into practice by Columbia University

In Australia, the University of Queensland established its Department of Correspondence Studies in 1911.

Charles Wedemeyer of the University of Wisconsin–Madison is considered significant in promoting methods other than the postal service to deliver distance education in America. From 1964 to 1968, the Carnegie Foundation funded Wedemeyer's Articulated Instructional Media Project (AIM) which brought in a variety of communications technologies aimed at providing learning to an off-campus population.

According to Moore's recounting, AIM impressed the UK which imported these ideas when establishing in 1969 The Open University, which initially relied on radio and television broadcasts for much of its delivery.

Germany's Fern Universität in Hagen followed in 1974 and there are now many similar institutions around the world, often with the name Open University (in English or in the local language).

The development of computers and the internet have made distance learning distribution easier and faster and have given rise to the 'virtual university, the entire educational offerings of which are conducted online.

In 1996 Jones International University was launched and claims to be the first fully online university accredited by a regional accrediting association in the US.

Today, there are many private and public, non-profit and for-profit institutions worldwide offering distance education courses from the most basic instruction through to the highest levels of degree and doctoral programs.

Levels of accreditation vary: some of the institutions receive little outside oversight, and some may be fraudulent diploma mill, although in many jurisdictions, an institution may not use terms such as "university" without accreditation and authorisation, often overseen by the national government - for example, the Quality Assurance Agency in the UK.

Technologies Used in the Delivery of Distance Education

Two Groups of Technology Used in Distance Learning

Synchronous

Asynchronous

Synchronous Technology a mode of delivery where all participants are "present" at the same time.

It resembles traditional classroom teaching methods despite the participants being located remotely.

It requires a timetable to be organized.

Web conferencing and videoconferencing are examples of synchronous technology, as are direct-broadcast satellite, internet radio, live streaming, telephone, and web-based VoIP

Asynchronous Mode of Delivery

participants access course materials on their own schedule and so is more flexible. Students are not required to be together at the same time.

Examples:1.Mail correspondence, which is the oldest form

2. message board forums3. e-mail4. video and audio recordings5. print materials6. Voicemail and fax

Other Technology Methods Used in the Delivery of Distance Education

Online three-dimensional (3D) virtual worlds. A popular 3D virtual world, Active Worlds, is used for synchronous and asynchronous learning. Active Worlds provides opportunities for students to work collaboratively.

Our broad reasons why Educational Institutions might Embrace Distance

Learning: Expanding access: distance education

can assist in meeting the demand for education and training demand from the general populace and businesses, especially because it offers the possibility of a flexibility to accommodate the many time-constraints imposed by personal responsibilities and commitments.

Making money from emerging markets: she claims an increasing change and innovation, for which she believes distance acceptance from the population of the value of lifelong learning, beyond the normal schooling age, and that institutions can benefit financially from this by adopting distance education. She sees sectors of education such as courses for business executives as being "more lucrative than traditional markets".

Alleviate capacity constraints: being mostly or entirely conducted off-site, the system reduces the demand on institutional infrastructure such as buildings.

Catalyst for institutional transformation: the competitive modern marketplace demands rapid education programs can act as a catalyst.

Distance Education in the

Philippines

University of the Philippines Open University

The University of the Philippines Open University (U.P.O.U.), headquartered at Los Baños, Laguna, was established on February 23, 1995 as the fifth constituent university of the University of the Philippines System.

Its mandate is to provide education opportunities to individuals aspiring for higher education and improved qualifications but were unable to take advantage of traditional modes of education because of personal and professional obligations.

UPOU delivers its programs and courses through distance education (DE). In this mode, teachers and learners are separated by time and space. Learners study in an independent self-learning style using specially designed learning materials and resources. Teaching and learning is mediated through the use of technology like print, audio, video, and the internet.

Students interact with their instructors and each other through virtual classrooms, email, web conferencing. Almost all UPOU courses are offered through online learning mode, making them accessible to learners from different parts of the country and the world.

References:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/distance_educationwww.upou.org/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_the Philippines,_Open_University

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